Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Jurm in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.941 km (77 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:59:08 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.0007° East, latitude 37.1589° North, depth = 123.941 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 03:59:08 / June 19, 2024 @ 3:59 am. Id of earthquake: us7000mtcc. Event ids that are associated: us7000mtcc.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km NNE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	71.0007° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.1589° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.941 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km NNE of Jurm, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-19 03:59:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-20 21:21:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.173	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	249	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000mtcc	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mtcc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mtcc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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